The Ethical Stitch with Michelle Alleyne
The Ethical Stitch with Michelle Alleyne
🎙 Where fashion meets its conscience—and gets a glow-up.
Welcome to The Ethical Stitch, the unapologetically bold podcast unraveling the truth behind what we wear—and how it's made. Hosted by fashion sustainability expert and industry insider Michelle Alleyne, this weekly series exposes the hidden cost of fast fashion while spotlighting the changemakers, designers, and disruptors who are reshaping style with purpose.
From her front-row seat as a professor at Parsons and FIT to the factory floors of global production hubs, Michelle brings two decades of unfiltered insight, real talk, and solution-focused conversations. Whether you're a curious consumer or a fashion industry insider, this podcast is your go-to for smarter style choices, ethical design thinking, and jaw-dropping truths the labels won't tell you.
🔥 Expect hot takes like:
— “No more polyester.”
— “Stop calling it vegan leather.”
— “Why aren’t your fave designers doing better?”
Plus: actionable tips, behind-the-scenes stories, and interviews with the innovators making sustainability sexy.
If you care about the planet and your closet, pull up a chair.
New episodes drop every week. Follow @michellealleyneofficial and visit michellealleyne.com to learn more.
Because in the future of fashion, ethics aren’t optional—they’re iconic.
The Ethical Stitch with Michelle Alleyne
Latest Episodes
Cut, Reworked, Reborn: Inside Tunji Dada’s Creative World
What if the materials we are ready to discard are simply waiting to be seen differently?In this warm episode of The Ethical Stitch, Michelle Alleyne sits down with longtime friend and visionary designer Tunji Dada for a con...
The Sustainable Latina: Fashion, Justice & the Stories We Wear
What if the clothes we wear are telling a much bigger story about health, labor, identity, and the world we are leaving behind?In this intimate episode of The Ethical Stitch, Michelle Alleyne sits down with Clementina Martinez-...
Neha Rai Singh on Preserving Indian Craft in a Fast Fashion World
What if preserving the future of fashion means protecting the hands, histories, and communities that have shaped it for generations?In this episode of The Ethical Stitch, Michelle Alleyne sits down with Neha Rai Singh, foun...
From Garbage to Desire: Rethinking Fashion Through Ela Erdogan’s Eyes
What if the people shaping what fashion makes us want could also change what fashion learns to value?In this episode of The Ethical Stitch, Michelle Alleyne sits down with New York-based stylist, designer, and creative consultant ...
Born Again: Bridget Artise on Fashion, Purpose, and Building a Movement
What happens when you see possibility in what fashion has already thrown away?In this intimate episode of The Ethical Stitch, Michelle Alleyne sits down with sustainable fashion pioneer, educator, and entrepreneur Bridget Artis...
